I will not be surprised if the decisions that led to the crater under the #starship resulted in debris rebounding up to strike the craft. If that's the case, the systems likely were working and the craft should be in orbit.

2023 hasn't seen your brightest idea blitz, Elon.

Decent start for the team, though.

@stevesplace Everyday Astronaut was speculating they wanted to dig it all up anyway so why not let the rocket do it?

Dunno if there's merit to that or not

@igrok Everyday is one of the biggest tards on youtube. Don't take him seriously, he doesn't know